To provide veterinary medical services
for homeless, or “at-risk” shelter dogs and cats;
including community outreach programs, spay/ neuter,
veterinary medical treatments, procedures and surgeries
to facilitate the adoption these animals and to provide the
financial resources necessary to support the rescuing of
these animals.

Rescue & Veterinary Support

Community Animal Network provides rescue for both
dogs and cats that need to find new homes. C.A.N.’s
foster homes physically care for the animals and
drive them to and from the organizations contracted
veterinarians that provide;
spay / neuter, blood
testing, treatments, procedures, surgeries as well
as; vaccinations, de-worm and other common
rescue treatments; such as upper respiratory
infections (URI), ear mites, ringworm, mange.

The
organization supplies the pet food, supplies,
boarding, training
as well as a non-surgical procedure to
implant an AVID microchip that
protects the organizations rescue animals if they
become lost after adoption.

Kittens found in bushes are bottle-fed and
hand-raised and feral (wild untouchable) kittens are
tamed to “Pet Quality” with the experience and
guidance of the founder, Ms. Pfaff-Martin; using her
taming/training techniques.

1) The Life Program

“The Life Program” is for rescued
felines that have “treatable” conditions and
diseases that may prevent them from being considered
adoptable. Community Animal Network maintains these
animals at the Director DiAnna Pfaff-Martin’s home
providing special diets, treatments, medications and
insulin injections for some. These animals would
have otherwise been euthanized.

Foster Home Program

A Community Animal Network foster
home is a "nurture" house where participants open
their homes and give love and physical care to
maintain the rescued animals while they wait for new
homes. Dry food and toys are provided and other
supplies such as cages and litter pans are loaned to
the caregivers.

The
expenses of the rescue veterinary medical care are
covered by CAN’s authorized veterinarians. CAN
foster parents treat the animals with prescribed
medications as needed, as well as
provide transportation to and from the veterinarian
appointments and the adoption events.

An offshoot of this program is also
available for “Good Samaritans” who find stray or
abandoned animals. “Good Samaritan” rescue/fosters
are also provided with the veterinary medical care
for the animals they rescue, as well as the supplies
and tools necessary to rescue and care for the
animals until they can be adopted through one of
CAN's adoption programs;
humane animal traps, cages carriers, flea treatments
and other necessary treatments and surgeries
customary to rescue.

Adoption Support

Community Animal Network finds homes for both dogs
and cats and C.A.N. shows animals for adoption on
the weekends at the exclusive Fashion Island
shopping center in Newport Beach with the
cooperation of a local pet store. The animals are
driven to and from the public events by the animal
caregivers until they find permanent homes.

Before the animals are adopted they
have all vet medical customary to rescue; which
includes the AVID micro-chip, and spay or neuter, or
any other medical condition treated.

Some of the more mature cats in
Community Animal Networks adoption programs are
promoted as “Pets For Seniors”; which gives mature
cats to qualified senior people. The mature cats in
the program receive their veterinary medical exams
and treatments paid by Community Animal Network for
their lifetime in order to help seniors with fixed
incomes afford to have a pet.

Cats with common diseases such as FIV
(feline aids), leukemia (FELv) as well as diseases
or conditions that can be managed with drugs or
human care are made available for adoption as well.

Spay and Neuter Programs

1) "Free Spay for Momma Cat" - Serves
people who own a cat that becomes pregnant and has
kittens. Community Animal Network finds homes for
the kittens through its adoption program after they
are altered at 2lbs/8 weeks.

2) "The Good Samaritan Rescue Foster
Home" serves people that find stray dogs or cats
that cannot be reunited with their owners. The
animals can be male, or female with, or without
puppies/kittens and will find new homes through the
network after being altered (spayed/neutered).

3)
“Kittens Found In Bushes” are raised and altered at
the weight of 2lbs / 8 week honoring the 2001 State
Law of California.

4) “Spay A Stray” serves the
pet-loving community to reduce the number of
homeless and unwanted pets, or feral cats. CAN
offers spay/neuter services for feral and stray cats
over-populating neighborhoods.

Veterinarians

Local
vets that support CAN
give special pricing on veterinary office visits, or
offer complimentary exams to rescue animals. in
addition, CAN’s authorized veterinarians
provide spay/neuter and other surgeries and
prescribed treatments at discounted process, too.
CAN is able to help more animals with strong vet
alliances.

Building a good working relationship
with local veterinarians has proved beneficial to
the organization which has enabled donated dollars
to go further.

Board certified feline expert Dr.
Elaine Wexler-Mitchell has made the greatest
contribution to C.A.N. animals with her
extraordinary diagnostic ability and knowledge of
rare congenital disorders and diseases.

Dr. Elaine Wexler-Mitchell’s is the
author of two books and writes monthly for
Cat Fancy Magazine as well as has a
bi-monthly column in the Orange County Register
about cats.

Community Education

1)
Community Service Programs:

Community Animal Network
offers community service programs that give students
school credit hours for their help. Student’s middle
school ages through college age adults, as well as
court ordered community service requirements are
honored.

Volunteer experience develops responsibility and
leadership skills applicable to children and young
adults’ current and future education and their
chosen careers.

a) Forty hours of community service hours (4
years high school credit) is offered to high school
students that participate in C.A.N.s foster home
program; taking a homeless or pregnant cat into
their family home until the animal(s) find new
homes.

b)“Play With Kitties and Help
Clean-Up!” is designed to have children get involved
helping once a week at the founders home. Children
as young as seven years old help clean litter boxes,
brush and play with the eighteen (18) felines now
currently maintained in the program.

2) Community Service Events:

Community Animal Network
representatives are invited to visit local schools
when they have events. C.A.N. usually takes “live”
animals to draw a crowd and recruits volunteers, as
well as educates the attendees as to what is
available to do in their community.

3) Community Outreach Programs:

a)
“Pets For Seniors” is a program that saves the lives of older pets by giving mature
cats to qualified senior people. The mature cats in
the program receive their veterinary medical exams
and treatments paid by Community Animal Network for
their lifetime in order to help seniors with fixed
incomes afford to have a pet. A community member phones and visits
the home of the senior monthly to confirm the needs
of the animal and the senior participant is capable
of caring for the animal.

b)
Local businesses invite Community Animal Network
representatives to speak at business networking
groups and attend community service events put on by
corporations. A common topic for Community Animal
Network representatives at the events is the subject
of “Disaster
Preparedness With Pets”.

The speaking topic of, “Feline Pet
Parenting” is Ms. Pfaff-Martin’s specialty. Almost
every week Ms. Pfaff-Martin holds a class teaching
important information to pet-parents; keeping cats
happy indoors, introducing felines, how to have a
harmonious multi-cat household and recommendations
of cat litter and why micro-chipping pets is
important.

The “Feline Pet-Parenting” topic has
been offered as part of the community programs for
the City of Newport Beach Public Library calendar of
events.

5)
On the web site
www.communityanimalnetwork.org CAN educates the
public on animal rescue highlights and provides
information on how people can help local animals.

6) Community Animal Network founder,
DiAnna Pfaff-Martin has been writing the “Pet Of The
Week” column for the local Los Angeles Times, Daily
Pilot newspaper since 1998. The founder’s column
highlights the work done in the community and the
animals it represents for adoption. The published
pieces are a good activity for the organization to
have, and lends weight to the educational aspect of
the organization as well as showing the need of
local animals.

Financial Support

Community Animal Network receives its
primary financial support from donations generated
by articles written in the local newspaper about
local animals in need written by the founder, DiAnna
Pfaff-Martin.

The founder, DiAnna
Pfaff-Martin writes a bi-weekly column that has been
published in “The Los Angeles Times, Daily
Pilot” newspaper since 1998 with a following
of readers. The founder’s column often highlights
Community Animal Network’s programs and the work
done in the community by the organization, as well
as the animals it represents for adoption.

In addition, Community Animal
Network’s animals in need are also submitted to the
newspaper, “The Orange County Register”,
monthly for the "Pet Section" amd rotates with other
rescues for publishing in the papers, “Pet Of The
Week” which gives the organization and its animals
additional visibility.